intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
results; record; grades; marks
maintenance; preservation; improvement
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
physical education; PE; gym (class)
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
isolation; being alone; being friendless
reality; actuality; hard fact
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
while; even though; despite
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
movie; film; motion picture
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
caustic words; defiant words
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests